The Changeling Quotes
"Despite his immediate attraction, Brian had a habit of mispronouncing Lillian Kagwa’s last name, and Lillian kept mistaking Brian for other white men. Hardly kismet."
"Meeting her felt like finding a rose growing in a landfill."
"Obote used the army and his secret police, the General Service Unit, to rule the land. They spread wickedness wherever they went."
"The streets of New York were overrun with uncollected garbage, but Glamour Time carried its own stink."
"A household like that will either break you or toughen you up. Maybe both."
"Parenthood is a story two people start telling together."
"The only honest aspect of the business was the East African woman answering phones out front."
"All she knew was the job paid twice the state minimum wage, three bucks an hour."
"Funny how much she valued such qualities now."
"Unsupervised reading is a blessing for a certain kind of child."
"Apollo had made his move, and now she must make her decision."
"The idea was so laughable, it almost made him scream right there on the street."
"The female body knew exactly how to deliver a child, just as all living things do."
"When you’re in true labor, you can’t help but do it."
"We need some help," Apollo said. "Could one of you run up and find the conductor?"
"The best way to help my wife is to get her on her feet," Apollo said.
"You’re doing great," she said. "You’re brave boys."
"His middle name is not going to be Cowboy," Emma said as she prepared herself for the climb into their bed.
"I didn’t think I’d ever get it," Lillian said. "But it just took time."
"It’s too bad your breasts are the wrong shape," she finally said.
"You’re a weird dude, my man. Just know that."
"No," Apollo said. "Nothing good. It was a bust."
"You don’t see," she said. "But you will."
"History isn’t a tale told once, it’s a series of revisions."
"Would it be so surprising if once there had been witches here, too?"
"If you’re going to make rational arguments, I’m not going to keep talking with you."
"Living without a woman in your life is how you see these fat dudes wearing ‘interesting’ facial hair and posting angry videos about how everyone else in the world is stupid for not appreciating them."
"But people need to hear the words, you know? I didn’t realize that for twenty-five years."
"Fairy tales are not for children. They didn’t used to be anyway."
"The new fears are the old fears, and the old fears are ancient."
"Nothing else about the body suggested life. Only the mouth became animated. Not really alive, but impossible to think of it as truly dead."
"Something made you and then left you behind," he whispered.
"You deserved better than you got," Apollo said. "I’m sorry if you felt any pain."
"No one was watching the baby," he said in the empty apartment.
"We love driving down Park Lane South. It’s one of our favorite streets. We don’t expect to be seeing you there again."
"Happily ever after," he repeated. "Even when they don’t say it in the story, those three words are there."
"When you’re ready, you go down there and really look."
"If this turns out to be a trick, I will take you with me to hell."
"The world is full of glamour, especially when it obscures the suffering of the weak."
"You can’t kill it... All you can do is make the best of what you’ve inherited."
"I wouldn’t have believed you either. If it had been the other way around."